Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts

1. John suggested some half-baked idea to get rich quick. Anyone with any brains could see that it wouldn’t work.
2. You come in here and present some half-baked plan to reorganize the company and fire half of the employees. That won’t go over too well with the workers!

The expression suggests that when something is only half-baked, it is not completely cooked, i. e. , not properly prepared.